Summary
Practically Yours is an American film comedy first released in 1944,
directed by Mitchell Leisen.
The film stars Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Gil Lamb, Cecil Kellaway and Robert Benchley.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Mitchell Leisen
- Script: Norman Krasna
- Photo: Charles Lang
- Music: Sam Coslow, Victor Young
- Cast: Claudette Colbert (Peggy Martin), Fred MacMurray (Daniel Bellamy), Gil Lamb (Albert W. Beagell), Cecil Kellaway (Marvin P. Meglin), Robert Benchley (Judge Robert Simpson), Tom Powers (Commander Harry Harpe), Jane Frazee (Musical comedy star), Rosemary DeCamp (Ellen Macy), Isabel Randolph (Mrs. Meglin), Mikhail Rasumny (LaCrosse), Stanley Andrews (Shipyard official), Warren Ashe (Cameraman in newsroom), Sam Ash (Radio Announcer), Bobby Barber (Man on Subway), Don Barclay (Don Barclay), Byron Barr (Navigator), Hugh Beaumont (Cutter), Hugh Binyon (Boy in park), Gladys Blake (Brooklyn girl in subway), Roy Brent (Soundman), Hillary Brooke (Undetermined Role), Gary Bruce (Camera operator), Jan Buckingham (Nursemaid in park), George M. Carleton (Mr. Hardy), Jack Clifford (Subway conductor), Neil Craig (Meglin’s secretary), Louise Currie (Girl), Yvonne De Carlo (Office Clerk), Helen Dickson (Woman in subway), Mimi Doyle (Red Cross worker), Edward Earle (Assistant Manager of Hadley’s), Maxine Fife (Pretty girl in park), Allen Fox (Reporter), Julie Gibson (Employee), Dorothy Granger (Undetermined Role), Eddie Hall (Radio Man – PBY), Chuck Hamilton (Prudential guard), Len Hendry (Naval Lieutenant at Senate), Earle Hodgins (Man with pen-knife), Charles Anthony Hughes (Radio announcer), Charles Irwin (Patterson), Jerry James (Cameraman), John James (Young man), Stan Johnson (Pilot), Kitty Kelly (Wife-newsreel theater), Tom Kennedy (Burly citizen at newsreel theater), Donald Kerr (Meglin’s chauffeur), Mike Lally (Assistant cameraman), Louise La Planche (Attractive girl), Ralph Linn (Cameraman), Arthur Loft (Uncle Ben Bellamy), Donald MacBride (Sam), Anthony Marsh (Plane Captain), William Meader (Cameraman), George Melford (Senate Vice-President), Michael Miller (Boy in park), Frederic Nay (Michael), Ottola Nesmith (Hysterical woman in Senate), Marjean Neville (Little girl in newsreel theater), Edgar Norton (Harvey, the butler), Allen Pinson (Stimson’s chauffeur), Tom Quinn (Photographer), Clara Reid (Meglin’s maid), Grandon Rhodes (Paramount Newsreel Technician), Jack Rice (Courturier), Ronald R. Rondell (Left Gunner – PBY), Jeffrey Sayre (Extra Outside Movie Theatre), Reginald Simpson (Reporter), Tex Taylor (Mechanic), Larry Thompson (Right Gunner – PBY), George Turner (Reporter), John Wald (Radio Announcer), Steve Wayne (Radio Man – PBY), John Whitney (Pilot with Bellamy), Sonny Boy Williams (Boy in park), Isabel Withers (Grace Mahoney), Will Wright (Senator Cowling)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 90 min; B&W
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